President of Phoenixville's University of Valley Forge To Retire

PHOENIXVILLE, PA -- The President of the University of Valley Forge is retiring, he announced on Facebook on Wednesday.

The retirement of Don Meyer will be effective July 1, 2017, the school announced:

Over the years, I have shared many things with my Facebook friends – this one is personal from Evie and me. We wanted you to hear it from us first because that what friends do. ☺ I am going to share with you here the first paragraphs and the last paragraphs of a letter that I shared with our UVF Board of Trustees on Wednesday, April 6, regarding our retirement effective July 1, 2017. However, something happened in that Board meeting that took Evie and me by total surprise that will affect our lives in a huge way. Please read through this letter and at the end I have added an “addendum” (so to speak) to tell what happened in the Board meeting which is “the rest of the story of our retirement.” Evie and I are at great peace and feel that we are following the will of God for us personally and for the University of Valley Forge – which we love and will always love! Please pray with all of us as the Presidential Search Committee begins the important task of finding God’s man or woman to be the next President of this great University to continue to “prepare individuals for a life of service and leadership in the church and in the world.”

"We can't thank the Meyers enough for all they have done to advance the mission of the university: To prepare individuals for a life of service and leadership in the church and in the world," the school said.